Taylor Jackson Season 2008-09

Personal bests:
60 meters: 7.81

2009: Continued to lead Commodore sprinters with her impressive 12.2 finish at the Mississippi Open in the 100 meters, good for fourth all-time at VU… Best finish outdoors at 200 meters was also at the Mississippi Open with a time of 24.5, good for third all-time at school… Had top-five finishes in 60 meter and 200 meter dashes at the Indiana Invitational.

2008: Topped the Commodore sprint corps as freshman,concentrating on 100- and 200-meter dashes and sprint relays… Became No. 5 Commodore all-time at 100 meters with 12.30 effort in preliminaries of SEC Championships… Also ran 25.34 for 200 meters at SEC meet… Ran early leg on 4×100-meter and 4×200-meter relay teams… Was team[apos]s top 100-meter sprinter in five outdoor meets… Also earned one of the Top 5 performances ever by a Commodore indoors at 60 meters with a 7.81 effort at Notre Dame.

In High School: Team captain forthree-time Ohio state champion squad… Named team[apos]s Most Valuable Athlete and Cleveland Plain Dealer[apos]s Prep Runner of the Year… PRs include 11.88 (100) and 24.6 (200).

Academics: Jackson plans to major in English from the College of Arts and Science.

Personal: Taylor Leigh Jackson… Born March 15, 1989… Daughter of Melvin Jackson and Gina Scruggs… Born and raised in Cleveland… Honors student and honor council representative… Member of school[apos]s SADD and environmental clubs.